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Intermountain Healthcare RxMatch Comprehensive Panel

May 08, 2018

Intermountain Precision Genomics Core Laboratory said its RxMatch Comprehensive Panel has expanded to 97 gene targets from 36. Originally launched last September as an anti-depressent panel, it now includes opioids, statins, immunosuppresants, anti-depressants, and others. Patients provide a DNA sample with a cheek swab collected in a physician's office. Results are available within about a week. Intermountain Precision Genomics Core Laboratory is part of Intermountain Healthcare.

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